Re: http_referer. what's wrong with that?
| From: | Jonesy | Date: | Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:10:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: http_referer. what's wrong with that? | ||
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:25 +1100, Ross McKay wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:27:58 -0800, Haluk Karamete wrote:
>
>>[...]
>>Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in
>>D:\Hosting\5291100\html\blueprint\bp_library.php on line 16
>>die;
>>[...]
>>But I'm still curious, what configuration am I missing so that
>>http_referer is treated like that?
>
> You only get an HTTP_REFERER when you link to a page from another page.
> If you go directly to the page, e.g. by typing / pasting the URL into
> the location bar, ...
> ... or linking from an email, then there is no HTTP_REFERER.
Not so. It depends. A number of email programs of the
HTML-email-abomination ilk send referrers. I just completed
some log scans to verify an 'issue' with AOL sessions, and their
email contraption _does_ send a referrer. I've seen others, as well.
"74.93.226.126" - - [14/Oct/2011:21:08:50 +0000] "GET /UBSC/ HTTP/1.1"
200 4502 "http://mail.aol.com/34188-111/aol-6/en-us/Suite.aspx"
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; ........
Jonesy
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